While the films that have been adorned with major accolades at the Cannes Film Festival have rarely proven to be classics in the mainstream, most of the honorees have enjoyed at least a measure of critical love upon release. This is to say that the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix don't really have any bearing on the business side of moviemaking but are considered genuinely substantial for many filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and producers. Then again, this would be the place where David Lynch's Fire Walk With Me and Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, two of the best and most audacious films of the last three decades, were met with waves upon waves of boos from an "elite" audience.
Cannes 2017: 'The Square', Sofia Coppola, and Joaquin Phoenix Take Top Prizes
Big wins for Russia's Andrei Zvyagintsev, Lynne Ramsay's 'You Were Never Really Here', Yorgos Lanthimos' 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer', and Diane Kruger as well.